mature, full grown
grown-up; mature person, mature animal
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Adult Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Adult Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity.
A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity.
(a.)
Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutHaving arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age.
adult
\a*dult"\ (&?;), a. [l. adultus, p. p. of adolescere, akin to alere to nourish: cf. f. adulte. see adolescent, old.] having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age.
adult
\a*dult"\, n. a person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity.
note: in the common law, the term is applied to a person who has attained full age or legal majority; in the civil law, to males after the age of fourteen, and to females after twelve.
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Noun
1. a fully developed person from maturity onward
(synonym) grownup
(antonym) juvenile, juvenile person
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(hyponym) caregiver
(part-meronym) adult body
2. any mature animal
(hypernym) animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
Adjective
1. (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman"
(synonym) big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup
(similar) mature
(classification) animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
Adult Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
The last, or mature, stage in the life cycle of an insect. It is the reproductive stage.
Adult Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
An adult is a human being or living organism that is of relatively mature age, typically associated with sexual maturity and the attainment of reproductive age. In human context, the term has other subordinate meanings associated with social and legal concepts; for example, a legal adult is a legal concept for a person who has attained the age of majority and is therefore regarded as independent, self-sufficient, and (contrast with "minor"). Adulthood can be defined in terms of physiology, psychological adult development, law, personal character, or social status. These different aspects of adulthood are often inconsistent and contradictory. A person may be biologically an adult, and have adult behavior but still be treated as a child if they are under the legal age of majority. Conversely one may legally be an adult but possess none of the maturity and responsibility that may define adult character.
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The ICM Registry who operates the registry for the sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) .XXX which is intended for the adult entertainment industry has announced a further 3 applications to ICANN for 3 new adult-themed TLDs, .ADULT, .SEX and .PORN.
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ADULT. is an American band from Detroit, Michigan that integrates vocals with drum machines, analog synths and electronic/punk elements. While popular in their home city of Detroit, they are also very popular in Germany and the United Kingdom.
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Pornographic magazines, sometimes known as adult, sex or top-shelf magazines, are magazines that contain content of a sexual nature. Publications of this kind generally contain images of attractive naked models, as is the case in softcore pornography, and, in the usual case of hardcore pornography, depictions of masturbation, oral or anal sex, and intercourse.
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Adult Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
Adult Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
noun & adjective
grown-up (person, animal); adolescents reach the adult stage about the age of eighteen or twenty
grown-up (person, animal); adolescents reach the adult stage about the age of eighteen or twenty
